Update Manager does not support copy of Details text

[A. Campbell]

The "Update Manager" program displays a "Changes Applied" dialog after updates have been processed. This dialog has a "Details" drop down that displays the APT output in a pseudo-console looking control. Problem; while this console window allows the operator to select the text content, there is no way to copy the text.

The ability to copy the text from this control would facilitate bug reporting of package management problems.

This is a low priority; get Feisty done first, and thanks for Ubuntu. :)

[Markus Golser (golserma)]

You can copy select the text with the mouse and paste it using the middle mouse button, or by pressing both buttons.

I think we should add a "Copy" button for this.

[waydaws (wayne-dawson)]

I wanted to do that many, many times. I could never get Markus' method working. I can select the text (by dragging the mouse over it and left-clicking), but trying to paste into gedit only pastes in what was previously in the paste buffer, or nothing (if there was nothing there). It seems either it's not getting copied into the buffer for me.

Really some method to do it would be a boon.

[waydaws (wayne-dawson)]

I found that treating it like an old console did work.
Select with the mouse, and then
Copy: Control+Insert
Paste: Shift+Insert

I'd still like to see a button added, though.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 250359, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.